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News and Updates

  • Some International Student Orientation participants take a break from scheduled programming to do a little creative engineering.
    New international students arrived on campus last week, just a few days before throngs of cars packed Whitnall Field for first-year move-in day Saturday. The pre-Orientation program for international students is designed to help ease the transition for those traveling to Hamilton, N.Y., from outside the United States. Assistant Dean and Office of International Student […]
    August 25, 2013
  • During the Year of ’13 49ͼ¿â has been covered by the global media more than ever. From picturesque Hamilton, N.Y., to Perth, Australia, students, faculty, and staff have been featured by major media outlets for their expertise and compelling stories. This month’s Year of ’13 list focuses on a some of the fantastic media coverage, […]
    August 13, 2013
  • The General was a hit this past weekend as Hamilton residents, 49ͼ¿â alumni, and film enthusiasts poured into the Hamilton Movie Theater.  The documentary, which focuses on the 1990 49ͼ¿â men’s hockey team, was the final film presented at the 5th annual Hamilton International Film Festival. The four-day festival, presented by Slater Brothers Entertainment, featured […]
    August 8, 2013
  • Digistar Users Group members from around the world are now gathered at 49ͼ¿â’s Ho Tung Visualization Lab for their 26th annual conference. Hamilton, N.Y., joins sites in Germany, Japan, Canada, India, and the Netherlands as a conference host for users of the Digistar projection system, the technological heart of 49ͼ¿â’s unique visualization lab.
    July 29, 2013
  • (Editor’s note: This article was written by Omar Aquije.) On a Friday evening in January, a few dozen 49ͼ¿â alumni toured the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. In March, the group took part in a cheese-making class. A month later, sports fans among the New York City Club attended a Brooklyn Nets […]
    July 22, 2013
  • Personal tour of the New York Stock Exchange? Check. Daily treks up the hill three times a day from 110 Broad Street? Check. Lectures from some of 49ͼ¿â’s most accomplished professors? Check. This summer, 29 students visiting campus from China’s Xiamen University enjoyed an authentic sampling of the 49ͼ¿â experience. The exchange program, the brainchild […]
    July 19, 2013
  •   The Year of ’13 saw a tremendous outpouring of support for 49ͼ¿â students. This week, 49ͼ¿â reported that alumni, parents, and friends committed more than $48 million between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.
    July 13, 2013
  • This week, USA Today reported that Chinese students are visiting colleges and universities in the United States in an effort to learn more about getting into grad school. “U.S. summer camps are increasingly popular in countries such as China, where the rising middle class can send their children to experience American life — and possibly set […]
    July 11, 2013
  • Dr. Wally Sennott ’32 has not given up golf, just temporarily put aside his clubs because of the summer heat. He is, after all, 104 years old. The retired radiologist, 49ͼ¿â’s second-oldest living alumnus, was the subject of a feature story in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
    July 9, 2013
  • 49ͼ¿â graduates have the benefit of a strong liberal arts education that incorporates great internships, student-faculty research, and access to a network of amazing alumni. A new nationwide survey shows they also have the distinction of being very successful. 49ͼ¿â graduates are ranked 13 for highest mid-career salary, tied with Notre Dame, Dartmouth, and Harvard, […]
    June 24, 2013